{"id":454275,"date":"2022-05-28T19:06:44","date_gmt":"2022-05-28T16:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ray-liotta-spun-pizza-pies-in-cranford-nj-before-goodfellas\/"},"modified":"2022-05-28T19:06:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-28T16:06:44","slug":"ray-liotta-spun-pizza-pies-in-cranford-nj-before-goodfellas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ray-liotta-spun-pizza-pies-in-cranford-nj-before-goodfellas\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ray Liotta spun pizza pies in Cranford, NJ before &#8216;Goodfellas&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4e091f0a6fd\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4e091f0a6fd\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ray-liotta-spun-pizza-pies-in-cranford-nj-before-goodfellas\/#%E2%80%9CRay_Liotta_spun_pizza_pies_in_Cranford_NJ_before_%E2%80%98Goodfellas%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Ray Liotta spun pizza pies in Cranford, NJ before &#8216;Goodfellas&#8217;&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1>&#8220;Ray Liotta spun pizza pies in Cranford, NJ before &#8216;Goodfellas'&#8221;<\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Years before Ray Liotta landed meaty roles in \u201cField of Dreams\u201d and \u201cGoodfellas,\u201d the charismatic actor was rolling in dough at a pizzeria in Cranford, NJ.<\/p>\n<p>Liotta was boyhood pals with Vincent Preziosi, Jr., whose mom, Ronnie, now 93, and dad, Vincent Sr., started\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ourhometownsupercoupons.com\/pizzahousepizzachefprintablemenupage.html\">Pizza House\/Pizza Chef<\/a>\u00a0in Newark in the 1950s before relocating the business to Cranford in 1970.<\/p>\n<p>Liotta worked at the pizzeria during his high summer vacations from 1971 to 1973. \u201cWe were making $3.50 an hour back then,\u201d Preziosi Jr. recalled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRay was a great worker. \u2026 He used to show before me. He was a pizzamaker. He was excellent at tossing the pie, making the circle bigger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With his ice blue eyes and broad smile, Liotta was a box office draw even back then. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/ray-liotta-03-1.jpg?w=800\" alt=\"Liotta worked at the pizzeria during his high summer vacations from 1971 to 1973.\" class=\"wp-image-22450728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/ray-liotta-03-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1600 1600w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/ray-liotta-03-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1200 1200w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/ray-liotta-03-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=800 800w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/ray-liotta-03-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=400 400w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/ray-liotta-03-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><figcaption>Liotta worked at Pizza House\/Pizza Chef during his summer vacations from 1971 to 1973. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"799\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/ray-liotta-04-2.jpg?w=799\" alt=\"Ray Liotta's yearbook photo.\" class=\"wp-image-22450792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/ray-liotta-04-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1598 1598w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/ray-liotta-04-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1199 1198w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/ray-liotta-04-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=799 799w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/ray-liotta-04-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=400 399w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/ray-liotta-04-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\"\/><figcaption>Ray Liotta\u2019s yearbook photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe pizzeria opened at at 10 a.m., but there were always five or six girls lined up outside the store about 40 minutes earlier,\u201d Preziosi Jr. said. \u201d I was like, \u2018Who eats pizza that early?\u2019  It wasn\u2019t hard to figure out. The girls were coming to see Ray.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Preziosi Jr. considered the actor,\u00a0who died Thursday\u00a0at the age of 67, a dear friend who never forgot where he came from. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRay was an extremely loyal, generous, funny, responsible guy. I was super shocked when I heard he passed,\u201d Preziosi Jr. told The Post from his home in Orlando, Fla.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/ray-liotta-02.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Vincent Preziosi, Jr. on left in white trunks and Liotta on right in the black trunks.\" class=\"wp-image-22450735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/ray-liotta-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/ray-liotta-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/ray-liotta-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Vincent Preziosi, Jr. (left) in white trunks and Liotta (right).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/ray-liotta-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Preziosi, Jr. on left in bowtie and Ray Liotta in orange on right.\" class=\"wp-image-22450737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/ray-liotta-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/ray-liotta-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/ray-liotta-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Preziosi, Jr. \u2014 on the left in bowtie \u2014 and Ray Liotta \u2014 wearing orange \u2014 in their second-grade class photo. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>About five years ago, Liotta sent the Preziosi family \u2014 currently co-owned by Ronnie and daughter, Gina, 59 \u2014 an autographed photo that reads, \u201cI miss the best pizza on the East Coast!\u201d The framed photo proudly hangs on a wall of Pizza House\/Pizza Chef, which like Liotta\u2019s work, draws rave reviews for its thin-crust and margherita pies.<\/p>\n<p>The two Jersey Boys followed the same path through college, attending the University of Miami, where they were roommates for a year. They made the drive to Miami in Liotta\u2019s circa-1969 orange Mercury.<\/p>\n<p>It was at college that Liotta majored in drama \u2014 \u201che hated math and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a>\u201d \u2014 before moving to the Big <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le, said Preziosi Jr., now a chiropractor.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/ray-liotta-friends.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Ray Liotta, center, with old New Jersey pals Gene Laguna and Jules Geltzeiler.\" class=\"wp-image-22450736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/ray-liotta-friends.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/ray-liotta-friends.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/ray-liotta-friends.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Ray Liotta poses with his old New Jersey pals, Gene Laguna and Jules Geltzeiler.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In addition to Preziosi Jr., that inner circle included Gene Laguna, an insurance company owner; Jules Geltzeiler, a urologist; Freddy Silverman, a former security industry expert, and Gary Hecker, who became a Beverly Hills attorney. <\/p>\n<p>Liotta would say, \u201cWe\u2019re all Jersey Guys,\u201d and to that, the group, when together, \u201cdropped their share of \u2018F-bombs,&#8217;\u201d Preziosi Jr. said.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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